It wasn’t a win — but Cambridge City assistant manager Neil Midgley was proud of his side after they ended a run of five straight defeats with a point against AFC Dunstable in the Southern League, Division One Central.

The Lilywhites took the lead part-way through the first half in a rain-sodden Creasey Park after an own goal, only for BJ Christie to draw the sides level after the break as City picked up just their fourth point since the end of October.

“The lads were excellent on Saturday, taking into account the conditions,” Midgley said. “We passed the ball excellently, we didn’t get the win though which we deserved.

“It’s still a positive though. When we’ve lost five games in a row any result is a positive and it’s some something to build upon.”

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The Lilywhites’ mid-season change in personnel has been well-documented, and indeed the line-up constrained seven changes to the one that started the first game in November.

And despite it not bearing instant results, Midgley is confident they made the right decision to mix things up.

“We know it’s going to be difficult (to integrate the players) so we can’t really put a timeframe on it,” he said. “We’re working very hard on the training ground, we’ve got to know how they work and we’ve got to learn about them at the same time.

“We had to decide whether it was the right decision or not to make those changes but we’re confident it will be.”

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The Lilywhites, who are still within reach of the play-offs despite their recent poor form, now head into a crunch Christmas period, although Midgley is confident they can come out of it closer to where they hope to be.

“We know from last season when we went many, many games unbeaten that it is possible in this league,” he said. “We’re hoping that we can be closer to where we expect to be by the new year.”

Elsewhere, Royston Town moved to within three points of the Southern Premier League play-offs with a 2-1 with over Redditch. Rohdell Gordon and Adam Murray scored the goals for Steve Castle’s side. St Ives Town and St Neots Town , meanwhile, both had the weekend off.

In the Isthmian One North, Soham Town Rangers lost 3-1 to Bowers & Pitsea, with Robbie Mason’s side travelling to south Essex without any substitutes. It was a bad week for Dean Greygoose and Mildenhall Town though, who were beaten 6-0 by Brentwood Town.